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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate will address President Trump's request to increase stimulus checks sent to Americans to $2,000 but did not commit to pushing the issue -- as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer each urged the body to put the House bill on $2,000 stimulus checks up for a quick vote.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn't yet responded to President Trump demanding Tuesday night that Congress include $2,000 stimulus checks in the coronavirus aid package that it passed on Monday, which included smaller $600 checks for individuals.

Rep.-elect Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Monday that "Congress shouldn't be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination" as many of her soon-to-be colleagues are being vaccinated following the examples of both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Congress returned to work Saturday in a rare weekend session to try to pass coronavirus relief legislation in time for Christmas.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he's been in productive discussions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, but they still have not reached a final agreement.  "The American people cannot feed their families, or pay their bills with Congress' good faith

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday afternoon, Fox News has confirmed.  The vaccines were administered by Brian Patrick Monahan, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress, a day after the two top lawmakers announced they had been advised by Monahan that they were eligible for the vaccine.  "'My recommendation to you is absolutely unequivocal: there is no reason why you should defer receiving

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-winning singer Patti Austin has made a bid to get out the vote in Georgia with a new song posted by the political action committee MeidasTouch.The runoff vote, which takes place on Jan.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell voiced optimism for deals on both general spending and on coronavirus stimulus Tuesday night, after he and other congressional leaders ended their talks for the evening.

More than a month after the election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly acknowledged Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the winners of the presidential race, referring to them as the president elect and Vice President elect.

The cast of the hit Christmas movie “Elf” reunited to benefit Democrats in Georgia and jab Republicans during a virtual reading of the film.

There is new hope that Congress will come to an agreement on a COVID-19 relief package that can pass in the lame duck session, albeit the latest proposals are vastly scaled back from those advanced by Democrats earlier this year.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAbout 60% of the movie theaters in the country — though not the major chains — would be in line for several billion dollars in grants if Congress can agree on a coronavirus stimulus package.Negotiations on a bill were jumpstarted on Tuesday, when a bipartisan group of senators offered a $908 billion plan.

Several GOP Senators were bombarded with dozens of bodybags at their homes on Tuesday by angry protesters pushing for COVID-19 relief after months of gridlock over negotiations in Congress.  Activists hauled the black body bags out of the back of a rented truck and lined them up in front of the Washington residences of Republican Sens.

Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff took a shot at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Sunday – saying that if Democrats don’t win control of the upper chamber of Congress than McConnell will stonewall any legislation going through the Senate. Ossoff, who faces a Jan.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen.Ted Cruz traded barbs over whose party is responsible for a high-stakes stalemate over another coronavirus aid package after Congress left Washington for a weeklong Thanksgiving recess with no deal in place.  "People across the country are going hungry, COVID is set to explode, and Mitch McConnell dismissed the Senate last week," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted Monday.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHopes for a COVID relief bill during the lame duck session of Congress are already fading, as House and Senate leaders dug into their positions on Thursday.Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding to a demand for a $2.2 trillion package, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has dismissed that figure as far too high.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threw some cold water on hopes that a coronavirus stimulus bill may get done in the near future with comments that indicated the price tag Democrats are demanding for the legislation is still too high for Senate Republicans.  There had been speculation that after the presidential election some of the political pressure would lift off of both sides and lead to compromise. Democrats in the weeks before the election were asking for about $1

Senate Republicans Wednesday secured their 50th seat in the quest to hang onto the majority with a win in Alaska by incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.  One more victory will give Sen.

Fifty seats down, one more to go. Senate Republicans Wednesday secured their 50th seat in the quest to hang onto the majority with a win in Alaska by incumbent Sen.

The satirical newspaper The Onion had some fun at the expense of defeated Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath on how she would use the massive funds she raised for her campaign.  On Tuesday, the Kentucky hopeful failed to defeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, losing by a more than 20-point margin.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that the Senate will vote Wednesday on a new relief package that provides economic stimulus, including extended unemployment benefits.“I just announced the Senate will vote next week on hundreds of billions more dollars for relief programs that Democrats do not even oppose,” McConnell wrote on Twitter.Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin plan to speak on Monday night

Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly says his campaign raised nearly $39 million during the third quarter, while Republican Sen. Martha McSally reports raising almost $23 million.

Bruce Lee has torn into Quentin Tarantino for his depiction of her father in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.Shannon Lee made her feelings known about the film when it was released in August 2019, but has now elaborated upon them in a new interview.Lee, who at the time said she was “disheartened” to see the director write the legendary actor as “an arrogant a**hole who was full of hot air”, called Tarantino "irresponsible" for doing so.Mitch McConnell laughs about Covid-19 reliefConfirming Barrett

Mitch McConnell is a Republican senator from Alabama, plus the Senate Majority Leader, and his seat in the senate is currently up for election. He is running against Amy McGrath and she just slammed him during their debate.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal to establish a commission to determine whether a president is capable of discharging his office is "absurd" and should not be taken seriously, just a few weeks ahead of a presidential election.  Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep.

Rand Paul, virtually all staff and senators wear masks, he said. They follow the lead of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, he said.As a result, Desiderio isn't worried about the seven-minute interview he conducted last week with Wisconsin Sen.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeaders of the nation’s movie theater business, which has been hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, are urging Congress to provide bailout funds so the industry can survive.The letter urges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to redirect unallocated funds from the CARES Act to proposals that help businesses that have suffered the steepest revenue drops due to